Luc, from Spicy Web Designers, runs a creative hub showcasing talented web designers from all across the world. He finds incredibly, talented web designers whom usually sit behind the scenes, and interviews them.
During my interview with Luc, he asked me a few questions that allowed me to really hit home on a few topics; I wanted to recap a few of them so that I could further document the interview.
Q: I noticed that you bill yourself as a user interface designer; how does this differ from that of a traditional web designer in your mind?
A: When you???re designing a website you???re designing an interface, something people will use. The web is where I specialize and spend most of my time, but I also design apps for Mac/iPhone platforms. My art is designing something people will use and the psychology behind it...not just making something look pretty.
Q: What do you think great front-end web design takes to be successful?
A: Execution. Even if you have the most beautiful design, it???s a waste of a design if it???s not coded properly. Likewise, if you cannot correctly implement nice, semantic HTML/CSS code into a CMS, you???ve wasted the entire process.
Q: What did you study in school and where did you go to school?? Has it helped you in your design career and if so then how has it helped?
A: I got about 3/4th of the way through my degree at a local university before I decided to take a leave of absence from it. I???m a very business oriented person and school was taking a back seat. I made the decision that ???school will be school??? five years from now, it won???t change???it will welcome me back if I ever need to go back. Opportunities won???t though. They???ll pass you up and never take a second look at you. It was the greatest decision I???ve ever made.
You can read the entire interview over at Luc's blog at Spicy Web Designers.
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